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combat

/ˈkɑmˌbæt/

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What does combat mean?

noun

  1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
  2. a struggle for victory

verb

  1. To fight; to struggle against.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɑmˌbæt/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/kəmˈbæt/
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Secondly, any knight proposing to combat, might, if he pleased, select a special antagonist from among the challengers, by touching his shield.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
What really gave me some satisfaction, however, was the respective degree of freshness with which he and I emerged from our combat.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
More book examples (3)
When this has been done, he pointed out, nothing is left with which to combat the upward vertical thrusts of the air.
Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotAeroplanes and Dirigibles of WarProject Gutenberg ebook #793
They are taught from infancy to combat want, and to place comfort above all the pleasures of the intellect or the heart.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
But the incident was enough to expose the opponents of Birth Control and the extreme methods they used to combat our progress.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689